We have an impressive panel of speakers from Actelion, Astra Zeneca, Debiopharm, Novartis, Santen, Sanofi and some “exotic outsiders to our business” to talk about their business models: Hermes, Nestlé, and Swarovski.

Two and a half days with 100 peers to exchange, discuss and get inspired by some of the hottest topics in our business. You’ll be engaging with an equally interesting and diverse group of senior BD&L attendees.

Life sciences industry has always been built firmly on partnerships - be it licensing of molecules, partnering with academia or establishing JVs for all kinds of purposes. Over recent years, our industry has experienced a frenetic increase of partnering activity in volume, value, and type. What is changing? Is there a need to Reset Partnering? During the conference, you will learn about:

How to manage complex alliances? A fully dedicated workshop on this topic is planned for 28th January.

How to use the “Design thinking” a method for practical, creative resolution of problems.

How other industries, such as luxury or consumer goods, rely strongly on partnerships?

New tricks to be learned from other industries, adjacent or completely separate from Life sciences?

How do Licensing, Business Development, and Partnering leaders peruse the right deal?

What are the current trends in BD&L in our industry?

How to establish partnerships that go beyond the molecule?

Our association will be honored to have an opening keynote from Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of Actelion, to bring us through his recent agreement with Johnson & Johnson and the creation of a new company.,

Join us to meet your peers from Ferring, Helsinn, Novartis, Recordati, Roche, Santhera, Servier, Shire, Vifor and many more. Meet your friends and colleagues, strengthen your networking with many colleagues and loyal attendees to this conference.

The European pharmaceutical meeting “Pharma Synergy” will be taking place in Rome on 22nd and 23rd of March.

The meeting is supporting pharmaceutical and OTC companies that are interested in growing outside their home markets. The event will attract over 100 pharma executives, area managers, key regional distributors and local players, business development directors and market analysts.

We are happy to welcome companies as our delegates and participants of 2 extensive sessions of one-to-one meetings.

We are offering all member companies that are interested in attending the event a 15% discount (ver código en el área privada) we also would be happy to consider all speaker requests.

The Minister of Health of Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova and Head of Roszdravnadzor Mikhail Murashko have confirmed to speak at the Russian Pharmaceutical Forum that will take place in Saint Petersburg on 15-16 May.

To hear about the latest regulatory changes in the Russian pharmaceutical market, reserve your delegate place today. The event is almost sold out and this is the last chance to join the leading pharmaceutical players at this unique gathering of regulators, major international and Russian companies.

100+ speakers will share their insights into global trends in the pharmaceutical sector development and their adaptation in Russia, discuss the major directions of the “Pharma-2030” programme, challenges in implementation of the serialization programme and many other hot topics.

We would like to warmly invite you to the "Joint Swiss HLG & PLCF Summer Conference 2018"!

The Swiss Healthcare Licensing Group and the Pharma Licensing Club France are delighted to invite you to an event featuring key success stories of innovative companies in Switzerland and France. Companies active in the field of microbiome, immuno-oncology, digital and virtual reality or data analysis will address some of the key challenges they faced during the innovation, financing and deal-making processes.

Along with our partners Pharma Licensing Club France, we have prepared a great line up of distinguished speakers. They will discuss the topic: "INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE: FROM TECHNOLOGY TO BUSINESS MODELS AND TRANSACTIONS."

This exciting one day conference will be held on May 16th, 2018, at the Novartis Campus, Basel in Switzerland.

Come and join us, for an informative day which is not only an excellent platform for networking with colleagues but also a good place to showcase and attract partners to your organization.

We are pleased to announce the initial details of the XIV IPLS that will take place at Farmont Le Montreux Palace, in the stunning surroundings of Montreux, Switzerland, starting in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st September 2018.

Montreux is a beautiful one hour train journey direct from Geneva Airport, with fantastic scenery as the train skirts around the edge of Lake Geneva.

IPLS is an association combining 11 European and Canadian Pharma Licensing Groups. This popular event attracts an extensive network of around 200 business development & licensing professionals from 15 countries across the healthcare industry to learn, network and partner in a relaxed environment.

Following the success of the online partnering system used during the 2017 event in Madrid, the programme will once again commence on Wednesday afternoon for pre-arranged one-to-one meetings prior the evening drinks reception held in Funky Claude’s Jazz Bar, overlooking Lake Geneva.

The 2-day programme with presentations and lively discussions starts on Thursday morning with a keynote presentation from the CEO of Novartis, Vas Narasimhan. We will also hear from companies including; BNP Paribas, Evaluate, Helsinn Healthcare Switzerland, IQVIA, and Servier.

Partnering and networking will be ongoing throughout the event, with a managed and dedicated one-to-one meeting room available, with extended breaks and a gala dinner on Thursday evening.

Keynote speakers and speakers will cover exciting topics in 5 different sessions:

New Opportunities for Business Development in a Changing World

News from the Regulatory & Market Access Environment and Their Impact on BD

Lessons from Real World Case Studies

Analysing the Hottest Deal Environment and New Dynamics

Back to the Future: How Can We Build a Future Without Losing Our Past?

Event Highlights:

NEW - Additional Training Workshops

One to One Networking

Relevant and Interesting Deal Case Histories

Updates on Political Impacts to the Market

Contemporary Regulatory and Market Access Reform

BD, a Cross Boarder Business

Industry leading Speakers

Evening Networking Events

20% Early Bird Discount Offer: 875 € (available until 1st June 2018)

We have created an online registration page for this event that we hope will make the registration process much quicker and easier for all participants.

The details of the programme, local transport and link to the discounted accommodation at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace are all available on the website https://plg-group.com/events/xiv-ipls.

Organized by the Swiss Biotech Association & supported by the Swiss Healthcare Licensing

The Swiss Biotech Day is the leading biotechnology conference in Switzerland, with two editions, one in spring and one in fall. Join Swiss Biotech Day Fall, coinciding with Europa BIO’s European Biotech Week, to meet senior executives from the Swiss biotech industry – entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, analysts, political decision-makers Group and stakeholders.

This year’s half-day program focuses on lessons to be learned from the race to innovate, with perspectives from drug developers, investors and academia. Networking opportunities accompany plenary sessions.

The conference takes place at the Aquatis Hotel, September 27th, 2018, 1 pm to 6 pm.

This is a great new opportunity to attend an event for business development executives from Swiss and European pharma and biotech companies seeking to work with partners from China to expand into the Chinese market.

The European-Chinese Pharma Partnering Event 2018 offers insights into the rapidly evolving Chinese pharma and biotech industry, its established as well as emerging players and their strategy to expand their capabilities and portfolios. Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet Chinese executives looking to partner with Western pharma and biotech companies. The focus of this dedicated partnering event is to help life sciences companies find strategic partners, market expansion and/or funding in China.

The two-day program consists of two parts: the main conference with industry speakers and company presentations, and separate partnering meetings (by invitation only).

The European-Chinese Pharma Partnering Event 2018 may be just the beginning of your relationship with the surging Chinese pharma industry.

The Italy HLG Annual Meeting which will be held in Milan on the 22nd and 23rd of November.

It will be a pleasure to have some members of the European PLGs/HLGs at this event to celebrate with the Italian colleagues the 20th Anniversary of the Association. Also, please take into consideration the opportunity of networking through the one-to-one meeting session.

There is a limited number of rooms blocked by Italy HLG for the night of the 21st in case somebody should need a room for two nights.
For reservation you can use the link: http://fenicia-events.eu/italyhlg